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刺身 (さしみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

刺さし身み

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し

み

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

sashimi; raw sliced fish

Thinly sliced raw fish or seafood, served without rice as a Japanese dish. Often eaten with soy sauce and wasabi.

新しん鮮せんな刺さし身みを醤しょう油ゆにつけて食たべた。
I ate fresh sashimi dipped in soy sauce.
この店みせの刺さし身み盛もり合あわせ

は

とても

人にん

気き

が

ある

。

The sashimi platter at this restaurant is very popular.

Written forms

刺さし身みUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
刺さし身みUsage11%
Alternative spelling with okurigana; also common, especially in newspapers.
さしみUsage6%
Kana spelling; often used in casual writing, menus, or for learners.
サシミUsage2%

Kanji

刺thorn, pierce, stab
身somebody, person, one's station in life

Similar words

寿す司し
Sushi is vinegared rice topped or mixed with various ingredients, including raw fish; sashimi is just the sliced raw fish without rice.
刺さし
The stem 刺し means 'piercing' or 'stabbing'; 刺身 literally means 'pierced body', possibly from the practice of sticking the fish's fin into the flesh to identify it.

Etymology

From 刺し (sashi, 'piercing') + 身 (mi, 'flesh, body'). The exact origin is uncertain, but one theory is that the name comes from the old practice of skewering the fish's fin onto the sliced meat to show what kind of fish it was.